a glazed pottery figural candelabrum

DESIGNED BY FRANZ RUDOLF WILDENHAIN AND MARGUERITE WILDENHAIN-FRIEDLAENDER, 'T KRUIKJE, PUTTEN, 1933-1940

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a glazed pottery figural candelabrum
Designed by Franz Rudolf Wildenhain and Marguerite Wildenhain-Friedlaender, 't Kruikje, Putten, 1933-1940
Modelled as a stylized hen, its wings, tail and head supporting a circular drippan, on flaring cyindrical base, darkbrown and white glaze
14.8cm. high
Incised with mark for 't Kruikje

Lot Essay

Cf. Klaus Weber e.o., Keramik und Bauhaus, Bauhaus-Archiv, Berlin, 1989, p. 193, no. 214, for a similar candelabrum possibly designed by Gerhard Marcks in circa 1932

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